Nehkhasi's bloghttp://menwhoknit.com/blog/5551
To promote and inspire men who knit.enCirclehttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13965
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Has anyone ever tried to make a circle with magic loop???</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 15:03:30 +0000Nehkhasi13965 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13965#commentsPosting pictureshttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13939
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I've noticed that many members are able to post pictures directly on to the MWK page so that there is no need to click attachments, would someone please tutor me concerning this method and process?</p>
</div></div></div>Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:31:37 +0000Nehkhasi13939 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13939#commentsElla Rae Mega Sweater.... Dabbling in Purple Againhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13935
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>He came. He ran. He knitted.</p>
<p>David Babcock not only completed his scarf while running the TCS New York City Marathon; he beat his personal record by almost a minute.</p>
<p>“I was able to cast on right at the beginning of the race but on (the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge), I wasn't able to knit at all,” the 42-year-old told the Daily News. “There was too much wind. So it wasn't about until after that first bridge.”</p>
<p>Babcock, a graphic design professor at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, was running his first New York Marathon to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s research.</p>
<p>He holds the world record for knitting the longest scarf while running a marathon for the over 12-foot-long project he finished during the Kansas City Marathon in Kansas City, Mo., in October 2013.<br />
Babcock’s marathon training includes runs while knitting. Lion Brand Yarn Company Babcock’s marathon training includes runs while knitting.</p>
<p>But this time around, the Missouri resident wasn’t going for a record. Instead, he was focusing on stitching the words “I’ll remember for you” into the scarf using a finger-knitting technique he perfected for the race because he wasn’t allowed to carry knitting needles.</p>
<p>It sometimes meant grabbing a water cup with both hands while still holding onto the yarn, but overall Babcock said everything went smoothly.</p>
<p>He finished the scarf around the 19-mile mark and wrapped it around his waist until the final mile, during which he held it around his neck.</p>
<p>“The crowds are exciting and energizing,” he said of the atmosphere on race day. “You never feel alone. I could feel the extra energy.”</p>
<p>Whenever he runs, his seemingly mismatched activities draw surprised and confused exclamations, and New York was no exception.</p>
<p>“I would pass by someone and they would say, ‘Is that guy knitting?’” he said. “And I would yell back, ‘I am knitting!’”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/knitting-runner-beats-personal-record-nyc-marathon-article-1.2005384">http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/knitting-runner-beats-personal-record-nyc-marathon-arti...</a></p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/21/chemo-grandma-knits-hair-_n_6023074.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/21/chemo-grandma-knits-hair-_n_6023074.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg...</a></p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicaprobus/this-woman-made-an-amazing-wedding-dress-for-30#1rdir7u">http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicaprobus/this-woman-made-an-amazing-wedding-dress-for-30#1rdir7u</a></p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:45:15 +0000Nehkhasi13888 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13888#commentsJosh Bennetthttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13868
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Julia Hatmaker | <a href="mailto:jhatmaker@pennlive.com">jhatmaker@pennlive.com</a> By Julia Hatmaker | <a href="mailto:jhatmaker@pennlive.com">jhatmaker@pennlive.com</a><br />
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on September 25, 2014 at 3:16 PM, updated September 25, 2014 at 3:32 PM</p>
<p>Josh Bennett, 33, grew up in Perry County. He credits the midstate with inspiring his design work.Gerardo Somoza </p>
<p>Noted knitwear designer Josh Bennett may live in New York City, but he's a Perry County boy at heart.</p>
<p>Bennett, 33, grew up in the midstate, living in Duncannon and Marysville. He attended Susquenita High School as well as Susquehanna Twp. High School, where he graduated in 1999.</p>
<p>On Sept. 11 he was profiled in the New York Times, which headlined the piece "Grandma Never Knit Like This."</p>
<p>Bennett has designed knitwear for Michael Bastian and "Project Runway"'s Irina Shabayeva. He has written patterns for Vogue Knitting. Currently, he is he mens sweater designer for Tommy Hilfiger. His work varies in price from around $100 to more than $1,000.</p>
<p>He hopes to have his own menswear line one day, but for now he's just focusing on the task at hand. "To me, to be able to keep learning and elevating my designs - that's what I'm looking forward to most," he said. "And to keep on getting hired!" he laughed.</p>
<p>Bennett can still remember pleading with his grandmother to learn how to knit.</p>
<p>"My grandmother and my mom would sit on the couch and my grandmother would make these amazing afghans and slippers," he said. "Through hours of begging and begging she finally taught me."</p>
<p>"She was a very patient woman," he recalled. "And I was a very hyperactive left-handed child who really wanted to learn."</p>
<p>So he knitted a couple slippers before he finally stopped "because boys don't knit - especially in Perry County," he said.</p>
<p>He then moved on to musical theater ("Apparently all boys sing and dance in Perry County" he laughed). It was during a show in 2000 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut that he rediscovered the lure of the knit and purl.</p>
<p>"The entire cast in the show knit," he said. "And that's how it all started again."</p>
<p>Knitting is like riding a bike, Bennett said. So he picked it up pretty quickly.</p>
<p>Even when he wasn't knitting, he was surrounded by sweaters.</p>
<p>"I'm a sweater guy," he said, describing working at the then-Harrisburg East Mall and Colonial Park Mall at Gap, American Eagle and Structure. "I worked all through high school in retail and all my money went to buying sweaters and scarves."</p>
<p>The midstate played a large role in shaping Bennett into the designer he is today.</p>
<p>"My father was a truck driver growing up," he said. Bennett spent summers traveling the road with his dad. "We would sit and play the game where I would read every single sign on the road," he said. "It taught me to be super aware of my surroundings and super detail oriented."</p>
<p>"Those summers have a lot to do with how I design," he said.</p>
<p>Late night diner hang outs at the Summerdale Diner in Enola helped him grow creatively. "All my friends, we'd always meet there and drink coffee and eat and hang out," he recalled. "A lot of script writing and music writing got done."</p>
<p>"Those are my favorite memories of Harrisburg, just meeting creative people and growing up in that atmosphere," he said.</p>
<p>"My friends that I grew up with, I still look at them as the most talented people that I know - that I've ever met," Bennett said later.</p>
<p>"Whenever I do something, I always think 'is this in the same realm of what Sally Bowman did in high school? Would I make them proud? Am I being inventive enough to be able to hang with this group of kids that I don't even hang out with anymore?'" he laughed. "It's weird, but it seems to be working."</p>
<p>Then there was the influence of Perry County. "I grew up in Perry County where everybody wore camouflage," he said. "So I love camouflage - but I also like prep."</p>
<p>"So its' more of a kind-of woodsy prep that I like," he said. "All my aesthetic comes from where I came from."</p>
<p>"To be honest, it was hard growing up like a man like myself in Perry County, but it's something that made me who I am," Bennett said. "It's a driving force that's still in my life: where I came from and my family."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/09/josh_bennett_knitting.html">http://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/09/josh_bennett_knitting.html</a></p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:48:45 +0000Nehkhasi13868 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13868#commentsGreat Articlehttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13836
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://magazine.good.is/articles/prisoners-transform-through-knitting-behind-bars">http://magazine.good.is/articles/prisoners-transform-through-knitting-behind-bars</a></p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 22:02:16 +0000Nehkhasi13836 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13836#commentshttp://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/08/25/video-crafty-men-unwind-with-knitting/?mod=New_York_newsreel_3http://menwhoknit.com/node/13830
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I'm at present watching "Jane Austen Book Club". Good Movie, but what I'm telling the group for is that Kathy Baker is knitting a few items throughout the whole movie and it just made me smile! There is a bulky yarn with , blue, purple &amp; green that I wish I had. One of the girls is crafting jewelry throughout and is wearing one of the garments that Kathy was working on. I always love to see knitting in movies or reading about it in a novel! :-)</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>: <a href="http://www.paraabnormalthecomic.com/2008/07/thursday-and-fridays-cartoon-will-be-up.html">http://www.paraabnormalthecomic.com/2008/07/thursday-and-fridays-cartoon-will-be-up.html</a><br />
Photo: Knittar - could he be your new superhero? Image source: <a href="http://www.paraabnormalthecomic.com/2008/07/thursday-and-fridays-cartoon-will-be-up.html">http://www.paraabnormalthecomic.com/2008/07/thursday-and-fridays-cartoon-will-be-up.html</a></p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:51:48 +0000Nehkhasi13798 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13798#commentsDress Made From Loom Bands!http://menwhoknit.com/node/13793
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/loom-band-dress-ebay_n_5588865.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/loom-band-dress-ebay_n_5588865.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063</a></p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:50:56 +0000Nehkhasi13793 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13793#commentsMen Knittinghttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13792
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/more-men-flock-to-knitting-as-fabric-and-homewares-store-spotlight-says-number-of-men-buying-yarn-has-doubled/story-fni0cx12-1226979582230?nk=ae4f949174d7b805a7d485d9a870ac26">http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/more-men-flock-to-knitting-as-fabric-and-homewares-store-s...</a></p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:01:01 +0000Nehkhasi13792 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13792#commentsCutie Pieshttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13790
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/farmer-installs-cctv-protect-flock-3840936">http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/farmer-installs-cctv-protect-flock-3840936</a></p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:16:06 +0000Nehkhasi13790 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13790#commentsGreat Knitting Article http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=327709376http://menwhoknit.com/node/13784
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Great story!</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 17:50:10 +0000Nehkhasi13784 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13784#commentsWishing Everyone a Happy New Year!http://menwhoknit.com/node/13623
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Wishing Everyone a Happy New Year! More Love, Light, Peace, Joy than in any other year before!</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Made Kelly Green sweater that I'd like to share....</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This is:<br />
Oversized Turtleneck<br />
by Bruce Weinstein<br />
from Boyfriend Sweaters: 19 Designs for him that you'll want to wear</p>
<p>I made probably the worst mistake you could make when making something like this... I did not make a swatch. I paid for it! Next time. It still came out fine. Lesson learned.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This is my first attempt at socks. I made them about 5 years ago, before I knew anything about making socks, not that I know that much about them now. They are knit with a seam that must be sewn instead of in the round. LOL. I initially made these for my mother in law before finding out she didn’t like pink. I instead made her the Beaded Teal Scarf in my projects and kept the sock for myself. They are made from a retro pattern of the 20’s 30’s or 40’s</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2483580/Knitwork-television-Norwegian-TV-broadcast-hour-live-knitting-tonight.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2483580/Knitwork-television-Norwegian-TV-broadcast-hour-live...</a> </p>
<p>Though they didn't win, I'm sure it was a valiant attempt!</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 13:46:41 +0000Nehkhasi13594 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13594#commentsPurple Cowlhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13579
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Just a little Something..... :-)</p>
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</div></div></div>Fri, 15 Nov 2013 03:34:18 +0000Nehkhasi13579 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13579#commentsSwants!!! LOLhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13574
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Something Interesting! <a href="http://westknits.com/index.php/2013/11/swants-tutorial/">http://westknits.com/index.php/2013/11/swants-tutorial/</a></p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:16:52 +0000Nehkhasi13574 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13574#commentsLavender Sweater Finally!!!http://menwhoknit.com/node/13573
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I am so glad I have something done. This feels good and also a sigh of relief! Now on to the next one.</p>
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</div></div></div>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:15:23 +0000Nehkhasi13573 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13573#commentsUpdatehttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13558
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Hello Gentlemen,</p>
<p> I've been pretty quiet for a while and I figured I say a little something to connect with everyone. First of all, I've been working on several projects, A lavender sweater that's been giving me a run for my money, a navy and white hoodie that is doing the same, a black turtle neck, and a multi colored ribbed turtleneck that must be completely frogged, due to the fact that it show every flaw I have and though I'm working at getting the extra poundage off, I don't see it disappearing today, tomorrow or next week. I'm not posting any picks right now.... procrastination. Performing renovation on the house that were long overdue. In total disbelief of what materials old houses are made of. By the way, when working with chunky yarn, how do you weave the ends in? My knitting has been off and on, but now it seems to be on. I had a good summer, but it's difficult to knit sometimes unless the air conditioner is blasting. I also been enjoying "The Fiber Factor" though it seems to move slowly at times. The "Wearable Art" challenge was cool, there were so really wonderful pieces. I hope that everyone is OK and hopefully I'll be posting again as before. Nehkhasi</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:00:34 +0000Nehkhasi13558 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13558#commentsPosted by Vogue Knitting on Facebook, Advice Column Dear Johnhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13520
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I thought some might enjoy this :-)</p>
<p> Dear John<br />
My husband took up knitting a few years ago when it was undergoing a bit of a resurgence. He’s always loved making things, he’s a very fussy knot-tier from his days in the Navy, and I think the incongruity of a man like him knitting (he’s kind of a man’s man) appealed to him, too.</p>
<p>The problem is, he makes a lot of things for friends and relatives, then he’s perpetually disappointed when they don’t wear them all the time. I’m not sure his expectations are reasonable – most people will wear what he gives them once or twice, but he keeps a mental inventory of who has what and how often they wear it. It really bugs him if someone doesn’t wear one of his things for a while because he puts a lot of work into them and he’s very proud of them. No one has ever said anything, but frankly, I suspect most people don’t wear his creations because they don’t like them. He tends to favor overly bright colors and he makes things too big, always claiming he wants to allow for shrinkage.</p>
<p>His heart is in the right place and I hate to see his feelings hurt, but I don’t want our friends to feel pressured into wearing things they don’t like, either. The whole situation is causing way more tension than it should. What should I do?</p>
<p>Signed,<br />
Married to a Needle Addict</p>
<p>Dear Married to a Needle Addict,</p>
<p>Your husband sounds like a well-meaning guy, but what he’s doing is unfair. A gift, even a hand-made one, should not carry with it any obligations as to its use. What to wear is a very personal choice, and he should not be so thin-skinned as to pout when his gifts aren’t worn as frequently as he thinks appropriate.</p>
<p>Having said that, why not put his compulsive knitting to better use? Tell him it’s obvious he gets a lot of satisfaction from giving his creations to people who truly appreciate them, and just about everyone you know already has something he’s made. So why doesn’t he start knitting sweaters or scarves to give to the homeless to help hem get through winter? Or perhaps he could call a local hospital’s maternity department and offer to knit caps for newborns. He could even sell his wares on ebay. With a little imagination, he will be able to find people who will be truly happy to wear what he makes, instead of being badgered into doing so.</p>
<p>PS: Hope everyone has had a wonderful Summer</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 02:35:40 +0000Nehkhasi13520 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13520#commentsDOGGIEhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13482
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Just thought some would like this pic</p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:07:14 +0000Nehkhasi13482 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13482#commentsQuestion Regarding i-cord construction:http://menwhoknit.com/node/13460
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>What is your instrument of choice and why?<br />
1. Double Point Needles<br />
2. Embellish Knit<br />
3. French Knitter</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:36:25 +0000Nehkhasi13460 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13460#commentsBill and Anyone else interested : Fiber Factor Challenge #3 Blank Slatehttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13419
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://youtu.be/4H5iaWk5C08">http://youtu.be/4H5iaWk5C08</a></p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:49:16 +0000Nehkhasi13419 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13419#commentsThis is the Fiber Factorhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13416
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I'm sorry that I didn't include a link...LOL. It didn't occur to me until late last evening that I should have. It's a contest like American Idol for knitters and I'm finding it very interesting and I thought that you might too! <a href="http://youtu.be/xZLMeI7TOtI">http://youtu.be/xZLMeI7TOtI</a><br />
This is Challenge #1. They are now on challenge #2</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:51:07 +0000Nehkhasi13416 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13416#commentsFiber Factorhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13414
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Is anyone else besides me following Fiber Factor?</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:06:33 +0000Nehkhasi13414 at http://menwhoknit.comhttp://menwhoknit.com/node/13414#comments